Mark Zuckerberg’s daughter told him she wanted to be like Taylor Swift. His answer: “You can’t. That’s not available to you.” He had taken August to a Swift concert. Afterwards, she told him she wanted to be like the singer when she grew up. Most parents would probably smile and encourage the dream. Zuckerberg gave her that answer instead. In the interview below, he tells the story himself. And his daughter’s response is the part worth hearing. August thought about it, then decided she wanted to grow up into someone other people would want to be like. Someone called August Chan Zuckerberg. Her father’s reaction: “Hell yeah.” Coming from Zuckerberg, that exchange is easy to admire and just as easy to question. There is ambition in wanting to become someone others look up to. There is also a lot of pressure in turning a child’s excitement after a concert into a conversation about becoming exceptional. She went to see her favorite singer. She came home talking about making her own name. Would you have answered your daughter the same way?